Tuesday, February 2, 2010

¿Dónde está la palta?

While in Valparaiso, Chile, I found an avocado (o palta en español) under the table of a small restaurant where I was having lunch with Grace and Megan. I happened to look down after eating and saw it sitting on the ground. Strange? Yes. I can't remember exactly why I decided to take it, but I think it had something to do with Grace daring me to. Or maybe it was the thought of putting it in a sandwich at some point. Either way, it's not as if the Palta (the name we gave it and as it shall now be called) were of extreme value (I saw them for as cheap as 8 for the equivalent of US$0.90 in Chile) or I was so poor that I had to resort to picking up random produce items from the ground.

Soon after eating lunch, we began taking pictures with the Palta. Again, I can't recall exactly why, it just seemed like the thing to do. The following is a series of photographs with the Palta. Each photo, whether obvious or not, contains the Palta. Can you find it?

¿Dónde está la palta?
Grace and the Palta
Brighton, Grace and la palta


Me, colorful houses and the Palta
colorful houses and la palta

Megan, more colorful houses and the Palta
Megan and la palta

An artistic tree and the Palta
old tree and la palta

Street sign and the Palta
street sign and la palta

Street art and the Palta
street art and la palta

Valparaiso hillsides and the Palta
Megan, Grace, Valpo hillside and la palta

Chilean firefighters and the Palta
Chilean firefighters, me and la palta

Old photograph and the Palta
old photograph and la palta

Our rented chairs and umbrellas and the Palta
our rented chairs, umbrellas and la palta

Me and the Palta at the beach
palta head

Vina del Mar clock and the Palta
Vina del Mar clock

For more photographs of Valparaiso and its neighboring town, Vina del Mar, go here:
The Palta, Valpo and Vina del Mar